Reminiscences, diary and
letter of early Fayette County pioneer Harvey Alexander Adams (1812-1895).
Includes recollections of childhood and young manhood in Providence, Rhode
Island and Ohio (Carthage, Columbus, Licking County); journey to New Orleans
and descriptions of physical geography and culture of New Orleans and vicinity
in 1836; journey to Texas, Indian menace and descriptions, particularly of the
Nacogdoches area.

Reminiscences, diary and letter of early
Fayette County pioneer Harvey Alexander Adams (1812-1895). Includes
recollections of childhood and young manhood in Providence, Rhode Island and
Ohio (Carthage, Columbus, Licking County); journey to New Orleans and
descriptions of physical geography and culture of New Orleans and vicinity in
1836; journey to Texas, Indian menace and descriptions, particularly of the
Nacogdoches area. Personal reminiscences end about 1837 to be replaced by a
summary of the Texas Revolution and the course of Texas history to about 1840.
Diary recounts events of the Somervell Expedition (1842-1843) with descriptions
of San Antonio and Laredo. Appended is a letter from Thomas Washington Cox
describing the Mier Expedition. Adam’s letter (1849) describes his travels in
Texas in 1837 and his land speculation in Houston and elsewhere.